So- after yesterday's monitoring appointment, I received the call that I was to do the HCG trigger shot at 11:45PM *ON THE DOT* last night. This surprised me because when the nurse did the sono- she didn't see THAT many mature eggs, and she didn't think i'd be ready to trigger until Saturday. I guess my hormone levels showed otherwise, though.
So- DH and I went shopping and to dinner and picked up our dog from my mother-in-law's house. Then when we came home I watched a few episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm to keep myself awake. DH, of course, fell asleep.
At 11:35 I started mixing the HCG. There were 2 vials. One was filled with the liquid dilutant, the other was a powder. I used the big, thick needle on the syringe and withdrew the dilutant (2mL) from the first vial and injected it into the 2nd vial. I swirled until completely dissolved, and then I got stuck.
I could not- for the life of me- figure out how to get it back into the syringe. My RE's office does not teach how to do these mixings and injections- so I was on my own. I figured it would be easy enough. Well it was easy- just not for a complete retarded moron like myself.
The problem was that the needle wasn't long enough to reach the little bit of liquid there was in the vial. When I turned it upside down- the needle was too long, and reached through the liquid into the air on the other side. I ended up turning it on its side and having a million air bubbles and not getting it all into the syringe. The air bubbles floated away when I tapped the syringe and I got MOST of it in there, but still feel like I did something wrong.
So I asked the girls on a chat forum what the correct way to do it was, and the answer was VERY simple. All I had to do was turn the vial upside down, and pull out the needle until just the very tip was in the liquid. It's that easy. I do not know how I couldn't figure that out. I just hope to God that I dot enough in there to do the job right.
Anyway- then I had to wake up DH to inject it into my butt cheek. I woke him once and he rolled over and went back to sleep. I attempted to do it myself- but that definitely wasn't happening. I didn't have the guts to push in that enormous, fat needle. So- I pulled DH outta bed and he didn't even have a second to be grossed out- he just had to jab it in there. Then he proceeded to gag and say he was gonna pass out.
I was gonna have him do a second injection to get that last bit in- but I decided that it was enough and went to bed instead.
Tomorrow is retrieval day. We have to be at the RE's office at 9:15am, and I go under at 10:15. I am nervous and hope they get lots of good eggs. I will update tomorrow.
Wish me luck non-existent readers!
So- DH and I went shopping and to dinner and picked up our dog from my mother-in-law's house. Then when we came home I watched a few episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm to keep myself awake. DH, of course, fell asleep.
At 11:35 I started mixing the HCG. There were 2 vials. One was filled with the liquid dilutant, the other was a powder. I used the big, thick needle on the syringe and withdrew the dilutant (2mL) from the first vial and injected it into the 2nd vial. I swirled until completely dissolved, and then I got stuck.
I could not- for the life of me- figure out how to get it back into the syringe. My RE's office does not teach how to do these mixings and injections- so I was on my own. I figured it would be easy enough. Well it was easy- just not for a complete retarded moron like myself.
The problem was that the needle wasn't long enough to reach the little bit of liquid there was in the vial. When I turned it upside down- the needle was too long, and reached through the liquid into the air on the other side. I ended up turning it on its side and having a million air bubbles and not getting it all into the syringe. The air bubbles floated away when I tapped the syringe and I got MOST of it in there, but still feel like I did something wrong.
So I asked the girls on a chat forum what the correct way to do it was, and the answer was VERY simple. All I had to do was turn the vial upside down, and pull out the needle until just the very tip was in the liquid. It's that easy. I do not know how I couldn't figure that out. I just hope to God that I dot enough in there to do the job right.
Anyway- then I had to wake up DH to inject it into my butt cheek. I woke him once and he rolled over and went back to sleep. I attempted to do it myself- but that definitely wasn't happening. I didn't have the guts to push in that enormous, fat needle. So- I pulled DH outta bed and he didn't even have a second to be grossed out- he just had to jab it in there. Then he proceeded to gag and say he was gonna pass out.
I was gonna have him do a second injection to get that last bit in- but I decided that it was enough and went to bed instead.
Tomorrow is retrieval day. We have to be at the RE's office at 9:15am, and I go under at 10:15. I am nervous and hope they get lots of good eggs. I will update tomorrow.
Wish me luck non-existent readers!
